Jobs at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Job Description

• Mission accountants manages and supports mission accounting and treasury functions. They help mission leaders follow policy consistently, understanding and operating statements, stay within budget and reduce defalcation risks They receive, account for, monitor and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds. .This position is a fully-qualified or journey-level professional accounting position in which the incumbent provides professional accounting expertise in applying appropriate accounting principles to analyze present financial operations, administrative costs and obligations, and estimate future income and expenditures; assembling and analyzing data and transactions; preparing statements and reports; and performing internal audits of system accounts. As such, an incumbent is responsible for the more complex activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts and developing financial statements and reports.

Responsibilities

• Initiates general ledger file maintenance so that financial statement presentations will be accurate and meaningful
• Reconcile accounts, review reconciliations, and makes sure that all outstanding items are properly cleared.
• Prepares special studies and reports for the mission as required
• Prepares journal entries and other adjustments to correct errors
• Analyze budget requests and explain any budgetary accounting statements and summaries
• Reviews expenditure against budget and makes any necessary reconciliation and investigations and correcting entries.
• Assist in preparing various financial estimates and expense reports. Draft correspondence to appropriate parties regarding any differences that require investigation or further action
• Review and monitor invoices submitted for payment which exceed certain amounts as defined by policy
• Audit project accounts for compliance to policy and correspond with appropriate parties regarding the status of these projects

Qualifications

• Must be worthy of a Temple Recommend
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (Finance or Business Management) is required, CPA, ACCA Preferred
• Incumbents must demonstrate a well-grounded knowledge of financial and accounting theory, and a knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles preferred.
• A minimum of four to five years of professional accounting experience is required for this position.
• Familiarity with Church accounting systems is preferred.
• Should have the ability to analyze complex accounting problems and propose changes in the accounting system.
• Should be conversant with and have a familiarity with various standard Church accounting reports. Should have a good understanding of Church financial policies and procedures.

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Responsibilities

• Coordinates directly with the mission president to ensure missionary facility are being met
• Negotiates apartment leases and renewals
• Supports support services department in taking care of fleet needs.
• Field requests, assigns work to vendors as needed, and ensures work meets established specifications
• Ensures monthly inspection of facilities, manages any mission drivers or home attendants in the mission.
• Scopes building renovation projects as needed while anticipating any upcoming mission needs.
• Any other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

• Must be worthy of a Temple Recommend
• At least five years of any combination of equivalent years of related experience, higher-education, or completion towards an industry-recognized certification.
• Former leadership experience in a work setting.
• Preferred: A recognized higher-education degree, directly related experience, and applicable industry-recognized certifications.

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Responsibilities

• Safely transports missionaries through a variety of vehicles which may include large buses.
• Take care of the vehicles by regularly cleaning, servicing, and ensuring the proper maintenance and repairs are conducted by the proper certified technicians
• Adheres to all federal and state transportation laws and safely procedures.
• Assist with daily vehicle inspection to ensure optimum performance and operations
• Transport people and delivers goods to destination safely applying knowledge of driving regulations and road s in area in accordance to instruction given.
• Maintains vehicle logs and performs basic performance.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Must be worthy of a temple recommend
• Requires high school education or equivalent
• Two years of previous work experience
• One year previous driving experience, a good driving record and a safety mind
• Must posses an appropriate driver’s license
• Basic knowledge of auto mechanics
• Ability to follow direction and/or maps
• Basic reading, maths and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to care for and highly regard church vehicle and equipment.